Fuel Your Curiosity

Build Something Amazing

Academic East, Bucknell’s brand-new engineering and education building, is opening up hundreds of one-of-a-kind learning experiences for Bucknell students. For Patricia Cupay ’21, a civil engineering major from Beach Park, Ill., those experiences began months before the facility opened its doors.

As a research project, Patricia had access to the building throughout the 16 months it was under construction, tracking and explaining what was happening through the @bucknellbuilds Instagram account. Hands-on work with professors like Ronald Ziemian, civil & environmental engineering, has piqued her interest the way only a real-world experience can.

“Research has made my curiosity grow even bigger,” Patricia says. “Every time I answer a question I’m looking into, it leads me to more questions. There’s just so much to learn beyond what’s in the textbook.”

Build Something Amazing

Academic East, Bucknell’s brand-new engineering and education building, is opening up hundreds of one-of-a-kind learning experiences for Bucknell students. For Patricia Cupay ’21, a civil engineering major from Beach Park, Ill., those experiences began months before the facility opened its doors.

As a research project, Patricia had access to the building throughout the 16 months it was under construction, tracking and explaining what was happening through the @bucknellbuilds Instagram account. Hands-on work with professors like Ronald Ziemian, civil & environmental engineering, has piqued her interest the way only a real-world experience can.

“Research has made my curiosity grow even bigger,” Patricia says. “Every time I answer a question I’m looking into, it leads me to more questions. There’s just so much to learn beyond what’s in the textbook.”

You won’t have to travel far to experience immersive learning that puts you in the center of the action. In fact, you won’t even have to leave campus.

Study the levels of carbon monoxide produced by e-cigarettes. Manage $2 million of the University’s endowment. Design a computer program that decodes ancient handwriting. And because we put undergraduates first, do it all with unequaled access to Bucknell’s world-class resources and renowned faculty.

Student studying English And East Asian Studies

Nate Freed ’21

English and East Asian studies
Perkiomenville, Pa

Nate Freed ’21, an English and East Asian studies double-major from Perkiomenville, Pa., is gaining hands-on experience at the Bucknell University Press. He screens submissions, interviews authors and even helps make decisions about which books will be published — each a skill he can take to a publishing company after graduating.

“In a way it’s a job, but it’s more than that because it’s so relevant to what I want to do,” he says.

Caroline Zortman ’22

UNDECLARED MANAGEMENT
Carmel, Ind.

Caroline Zortman ’22, an undeclared management major from Carmel, Ind., is the CEO of her own Management 101 company, Buckhead Tees. As part of the experiential management course, she oversees a team of more than 20 students in divisions from accounting to human resources to communications. But the most rewarding part is that her company’s profits will be used to build beds and make other improvements at a homeless shelter in a neighboring community.

“It’s a real-life experience where you really get to interact with your stakeholders and leave a lasting impact,” she says.

Each summer, Bucknell students take their curiosity to the next level through summer research programs. Bucknell provides a $3,000 to $4,000 stipend and on-campus housing for students wanting to conduct research or pursue creative projects. Recent summer researchers have:

Developed a robot for hospitals that delivers basic items to patients, allowing nurses to focus on more personalized care
Explored a more effective way to recycle K-Cups
Used machine learning to forecast monthly temperature extremes
Studied gender bias in job applications
Analyzed whether incorporating bacteria into a fruit fly’s food will affect its ability to fight infection

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